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Huge Explosions Rock Beirut With Widespread Damage, Injuries

Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital… Continue Reading

Trump Signs $3B-A-Year Plan To Boost Conservation, Parks

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law legislation that will devote nearly $3 billion annually to conservation projects, outdoor recreation and maintenance of national parks… Continue Reading

Richmond Is Open To Ideas For Future Of Confederate Statues

The city of Richmond, Virginia, will be soliciting ideas for what to do with the Confederate monuments that have been taken down and placed in storage… Continue Reading

Tropical Storm Isaias Drives Wild Weather Up Interstate 95

Tropical Storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped rain along the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday after making landfall as a hurricane in North Carolina… Continue Reading

Mornings on the Mall 08.04.20 / Veronica Johnson, Kristan Hawkins, White House’s Brian Morgenstern, FDA’s Stephen Hahn, MoCo’s Joyce Kraus Dyer, DC’s Christopher Rodriguez

3 Wyoming sightseeing balloons crash, as many as 20 injured

Weather apparently contributed to the crashes but exactly what happened wasn’t known and was still being investigated… Continue Reading

Universal Orlando laying off undisclosed number of workers

Universal has put the construction of a new theme park, Epic Universe, on pause because of the pandemic. … Continue Reading

Former Virginia House speaker eyes gubernatorial run

Del. Kirk Cox said in a statement Monday that he is “seriously looking” at running for the Republican nomination in 2021. … Continue Reading

Appeals court revives challenge to Maryland gun laws

The unanimous ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond reinstates the lawsuit, which was first filed in 2016 and tossed out of court by a federal judge last year.… Continue Reading